Device for the preservation of coffins.



No. 724,696. PATBNTBD APR. 7, 1903.

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DEVICE EUR THE PRESERVATION DE GOFEINS. APPLIoATIoN HLED MAY 29) 1902.

4no MODEL.

se? M- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO RICHARD HAHN, OE LEIPZIG, GERMANY.

DEVICE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF COFFINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 724,696, dated April 7, 1903.

' l Application led May 29, 1902. Serial No. 1091454. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OTTO RICHARD HAHN,

merchant, V'of 18 Lssnigerstrasse, Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony, Empire of Germany, have invented some new and useful Improvements in a Device for the Preservation of Ooffins.

The present invention relates to a device for the preservation of coflins, preventing the coftins from being crushed by the soil resting upon the same.

A coin provided with the invented Ycontrivance is illustrated by the inclosed drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a -longitudinal section of the coffin. Fig. 2 represents aplan of the coffin after the removal of the cover. Fig. 3

represents a cross-section from Ato B of Fig.A

1. Fig. 4 represents a cross-section from O to D of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 represents the middle supporting-ring e f.

To prevent the crushing of the coflin or the cover of the coffin, a hoop a. is arranged at the under part of the coffin. On the inside vof the cover of the coffin another semicirclef is arranged just opposite to the semiircle e. In closing the cover the part f catches into the part e, and these two semicircles e f thus form a firm support for the middle partof the cof- Iin. There is no necessity of having the semicircle f secured to the cover; but the same may be simply set into the part e and then the cover may be closed. When the hoops a b are standing upright, the same closely join to the inside of the coffin, .thus preventing a crushing of the cover as Well as of the under part, of the coflin.

I claim- 1. In combination with a cofln, an interior middle support comprising the semicircnlar parts e and j' detachably engaging each other. 2. In combination with a coin, a pair of hoops a, b, within the same pivotally connected to the bottom of the con and when raised closely fitting against the inner wall of the con, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses. y

OTTO RICHARD HAHN.

Witnesses:

OsKAR EIcHHoLTz, RUDOLPH FRICKE. 

